Table of Contents

Part 1 Recording Macros XIV

Lesson 1    Enable the Developer Tab 1

    What You Will Learn................................................................................1

    Notes from the Lesson............................................................................1

    Differences in Excel 2003........................................................................1

Lesson 2    Recording Your First Macro 2

    What You Will Learn................................................................................2

    Notes from the Lesson............................................................................2

    In Excel 2003 ...........................................................................................2

    Code from the Lesson.............................................................................3

Lesson 3    Running a Macro 4

    What You Will Learn................................................................................4

    Notes from the Lesson............................................................................4

    In Excel 2003 ...........................................................................................5

    Code from the Lesson.............................................................................5

Lesson 4    Keys to Successful Recording 6

    What You Will Learn................................................................................6

    Notes from the Lesson............................................................................6

    In Excel 2003 ...........................................................................................6

    Code from the Lesson.............................................................................7

Lesson 5    Variable Number of Rows 8

    What You Will Learn................................................................................8

    Related Lessons.......................................................................................8

    Notes from the Lesson............................................................................8

    Code from the Lesson.............................................................................8

Lesson 6    Adding Totals 9

    What You Will Learn................................................................................9

    Notes from the Lesson............................................................................9

    Code from the Lesson.............................................................................9

Lesson 7    Opening a Workbook with Macros 12

    What You Will Learn..............................................................................12

    Notes from the Lesson..........................................................................12

    In Excel 2003 .........................................................................................12

Part II Visual Basic Editor 13

Lesson 8    Introducing the VBA Editor 14

    What You Will Learn..............................................................................14

    Notes from the Lesson..........................................................................14

    In Excel 2003 .........................................................................................14

    Code from the Lesson...........................................................................14

Lesson 9    VBA Help 15

    What You Will Learn..............................................................................15

    Notes from the Lesson..........................................................................15

Lesson 10    Object Browser 16

    What You Will Learn..............................................................................16

    Notes from the Lesson..........................................................................16

Lesson 11    Stepping Through Code 17

    What You Will Learn..............................................................................17

    Related Lessons.....................................................................................17

    Notes from the Lesson..........................................................................17

    Code from the Lesson...........................................................................18

Lesson 12    Immediate Window 19

    What You Will Learn..............................................................................19

    Notes from the Lesson..........................................................................19

    Code from the Lesson...........................................................................19

Lesson 13    The Watch Window 22

    What You Will Learn..............................................................................22

    Notes from the Lesson..........................................................................22

    Code from the Lesson...........................................................................22

Lesson 14    Breakpoints 24

    What You Will Learn..............................................................................24

    Notes from the Lesson..........................................................................24

    Code from the Lesson...........................................................................24

Part III VBA Syntax 25

Lesson 15    VBA Parts of Speech 26

    What You Will Learn..............................................................................26

    Notes from the Lesson..........................................................................26

Lesson 16     Using Regular Variables 27

    What You Will Learn..............................................................................27

    Related Lesson ......................................................................................27

    Notes from the Lesson..........................................................................27

    In Excel 2003 .........................................................................................27

    Code from the Lesson...........................................................................28

Lesson 17    Using Object Variables 29

    What You Will Learn..............................................................................29

    Notes from the Lesson..........................................................................29

    Code from the Lesson...........................................................................30

Lesson 18    Better Ways to Refer to Cells 31

    What You Will Learn..............................................................................31

    Notes from the Lesson..........................................................................31

    Code from the Lesson...........................................................................31

Lesson 19    To Declare or Not To Declare? 33

    What You Will Learn..............................................................................33

    Notes from the Lesson..........................................................................33

    Code from the Lesson...........................................................................34

Part IV Making Decisions 35

Lesson 20    If…Then 36

    What You Will Learn..............................................................................36

    Notes from the Lesson..........................................................................36

    Code from the Lesson...........................................................................36

Lesson 21    If…Then…Else 37

    What You Will Learn..............................................................................37

    Notes from the Lesson..........................................................................37

    Code from the Lesson...........................................................................37

Lesson 22    Select Case 38

    What You Will Learn..............................................................................38

    Notes from the Lesson..........................................................................38

    Code from the Lesson...........................................................................38

Part V Looping 40

Lesson 23    Finding the Final Row 41

    What You Will Learn..............................................................................41

    Notes from the Lesson..........................................................................41

    Code from the Lesson...........................................................................41

Lesson 24    Basic Looping 42

    What You Will Learn..............................................................................42

    Notes from the Lesson..........................................................................42

    Code from the Lesson...........................................................................43

Lesson 25    Loop Example 44

    What You Will Learn..............................................................................44

    Notes from the Lesson..........................................................................44

    Code from the Lesson...........................................................................45

Lesson 26    Deleting While Looping 46

    What You Will Learn..............................................................................46

    Notes from the Lesson..........................................................................46

    Code from the Lesson...........................................................................46

Lesson 27    Every Other Row Loops 47

    What You Will Learn..............................................................................47

    Notes from the Lesson..........................................................................47

    Code from the Lesson...........................................................................47

Lesson 28    Other Legacy Loops 49

    What You Will Learn..............................................................................49

    Notes from the Lesson..........................................................................49

    Code from the Lesson...........................................................................49

Lesson 29    For Each Loops 51

    What You Will Learn..............................................................................51

    Notes from the Lesson..........................................................................51

    Code from the Lesson...........................................................................52

Part VI Worksheets and Workbooks 53

Lesson 30    Creating Worksheets 54

    What You Will Learn..............................................................................54

    Related Lesson ......................................................................................54

    Notes from the Lesson..........................................................................54

    Code from the Lesson...........................................................................55

    Bonus Code .................................................................................56

Lesson 31    Creating Workbooks 57

    What You Will Learn..............................................................................57

    Notes from the Lesson..........................................................................57

    Code from the Lesson...........................................................................58

Lesson 32    Listing Files in a Folder 60

    What You Will Learn..............................................................................60

    Notes from the Lesson..........................................................................60

    Code from the Lesson...........................................................................60

    Bonus Code .................................................................................63

Lesson 33    Combining Workbooks 65

    What You Will Learn..............................................................................65

    Related Lesson ......................................................................................65

    Notes from the Lesson..........................................................................65

    Code from the Lesson...........................................................................66

Part VII Formulas 68

Lesson 34    A1-Style Formulas 69

    What You Will Learn..............................................................................69

    Related Lesson ......................................................................................69

    Notes from the Lesson..........................................................................69

    Code from the Lesson...........................................................................70

Lesson 35    R1C1-Style Formulas 71

    What You Will Learn..............................................................................71

    Notes from the Lesson..........................................................................71

    Code from the Lesson...........................................................................72

Lesson 36    Using Excel Functions in Code 73

    What You Will Learn..............................................................................73

    Notes from the Lesson..........................................................................73

    Code from the Lesson...........................................................................74

Lesson 37    Adding Functions to Excel 85

    What You Will Learn..............................................................................85

    Notes from the Lesson..........................................................................85

    Code from the Lesson...........................................................................86

Part VIII Power Tools 87

Lesson 38    Advanced Filter 88

    What You Will Learn..............................................................................88

    Notes from the Lesson..........................................................................88

    Code from the Lesson...........................................................................90

Lesson 39    Filter Instead of Looping 92

    What You Will Learn..............................................................................92

    Related Lesson ......................................................................................92

    Notes from the Lesson..........................................................................92

    Code from the Lesson...........................................................................93

Lesson 40    Pivot Tables 94

    What You Will Learn..............................................................................94

    Notes from the Lesson..........................................................................94

    Code from the Lesson...........................................................................95

Lesson 41    Charts 98

    What You Will Learn..............................................................................98

    Notes from the Lesson..........................................................................98

    Code from the Lesson...........................................................................99

Lesson 42    Event Handler Macros 100

    What You Will Learn............................................................................100

    Notes from the Lesson........................................................................100

    Code from the Lesson.........................................................................101

Part IX Interacting 103

Lesson 43    Interacting 104

    What You Will Learn............................................................................104

    Notes from the Lesson........................................................................104

    Code from the Lesson.........................................................................105

Lesson 44    Getting File Names 106

    What You Will Learn............................................................................106

    Notes from the Lesson........................................................................106

    Code from the Lesson.........................................................................106

Lesson 45    Userforms 108

    What You Will Learn............................................................................108

    Related Lessons...................................................................................108

    Notes from the Lesson........................................................................108

    Code from the Lesson.........................................................................111

Lesson 46    Error Handling 112

    What You Will Learn............................................................................112

    Notes from the Lesson........................................................................112

    Code from the Lesson.........................................................................113

Lesson 47    Suppressing Alerts 117

    What You Will Learn............................................................................117

    Notes from the Lesson........................................................................117

    Code from the Lesson.........................................................................117

Lesson 48    Faster Code 118

    What You Will Learn............................................................................118

    Notes from the Lesson........................................................................118

    Code from the Lesson.........................................................................118

Part X Best Practices 119

Lesson 49    Separating Code and Data 120

    What You Will Learn............................................................................120

    Notes from the Lesson........................................................................120

    Code from the Lesson.........................................................................120

Lesson 50    Cleaning Recorded Code 122

    What You Will Learn............................................................................122

    Notes from the Lesson........................................................................122

    Code from the Lesson.........................................................................123

    Next Steps

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